Joseph Harris
@josephharrisbu.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston University / Director, Global Health Politics Workshop / Host, Global Health Politics Podcast / Comic Book Aficionado
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The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on #Debt, #Austerity & #Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @kenworthy.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @billgates.bsky.social
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The Kansas sky is a vibrant sight to behold tonight. The beauty left me calmed in a way I can’t fully describe.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Kansas sky is a vibrant sight to behold tonight. The beauty left me calmed in a way I can’t fully describe.
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Northern lights from Medford, MA tonight. Photo by my son.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Northern lights from Medford, MA tonight. Photo by my son.
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More plainly visible and dynamic than I have seen before
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
More plainly visible and dynamic than I have seen before
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@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
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Looking for reading recs on the sociology/political economy of college football.
(Went to the Alabama/LSU game this weekend; marveling at how much the university feels like a professional football team with academics attached. The stadium & tailgate setup is bigger/better than a lot of NFL teams)
(Went to the Alabama/LSU game this weekend; marveling at how much the university feels like a professional football team with academics attached. The stadium & tailgate setup is bigger/better than a lot of NFL teams)
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Looking for reading recs on the sociology/political economy of college football.
(Went to the Alabama/LSU game this weekend; marveling at how much the university feels like a professional football team with academics attached. The stadium & tailgate setup is bigger/better than a lot of NFL teams)
(Went to the Alabama/LSU game this weekend; marveling at how much the university feels like a professional football team with academics attached. The stadium & tailgate setup is bigger/better than a lot of NFL teams)
This kind of admission makes me wonder how calculations about Trump's value to the GOP may change radically soon. Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
House Republican: ‘We’re going to get killed’ in midterms
Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs. “We need to deal with [health care] now because, number one,...
www.yahoo.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This kind of admission makes me wonder how calculations about Trump's value to the GOP may change radically soon. Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew (N.J.) said his party will “get killed” in the 2026 midterms if it does not address rising health care costs. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Protesters in 'Handmaid's Tale' red cloaks rally against fascism in US.
Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, "The Handmaid's Tale," march through Washington DC, to protest what they describe as the country's drift toward fascism
Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, "The Handmaid's Tale," march through Washington DC, to protest what they describe as the country's drift toward fascism
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Protesters in 'Handmaid's Tale' red cloaks rally against fascism in US.
Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, "The Handmaid's Tale," march through Washington DC, to protest what they describe as the country's drift toward fascism
Demonstrators dressed as characters from the dystopian novel and TV series about a totalitarian society, "The Handmaid's Tale," march through Washington DC, to protest what they describe as the country's drift toward fascism
The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on #Debt, #Austerity & #Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @kenworthy.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @billgates.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on #Debt, #Austerity & #Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @kenworthy.bsky.social @akentikelenis.bsky.social @madhupai.bsky.social @billgates.bsky.social
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The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social
Season 2, Episode 6: James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity, and Decolonization - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this long-awaited episode, originally recorded in Fall 2022, Joseph Harris sits down with Dr. James Pfeiffer, Professor of Global Health and Anthropology at University of Washington. They talk abou...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The latest #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast episode is out. Listen to @uwnews.uw.edu Prof James Pfeiffer on Debt, Austerity & Decolonization globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis... @americananthro.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social
Tragedy that no one is talking about
💔 Over 460 patients & companions were murdered in El Fasher’s Saudi Maternity Hospital after an #RSF takeover.
@who.int DG @drtedros.who.int: “Appalled & deeply shocked.”
❗Healthcare must never be a target.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unicef.org @icrc.org
@who.int DG @drtedros.who.int: “Appalled & deeply shocked.”
❗Healthcare must never be a target.
✍️ @kerrycullinan.bsky.social
@unicef.org @icrc.org
WHO 'Appalled' By Murder Of 460 Patients In Sudanese Maternity Hospital - Health Policy Watch
Healthworkers said that the gunmen, from the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF), burst into the hospital and opened fire without warning, WION reports. The RSF
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October 31, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tragedy that no one is talking about
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The right to health has spread worldwide, and so has neoliberalism. Colombian governments and civil society struggle with this tension; health workers and vulnerable patients carry the burden. More here, open access @jeppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Contesting neoliberalism with human rights? Liberal exhaustion and exploitation in Colombia’s health system
The neoliberal reorganisation of social policy has provoked counterreactions worldwide. One genuinely liberal contestation of neoliberal restructuring is based on human rights mobilisation, and, in...
www.tandfonline.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The right to health has spread worldwide, and so has neoliberalism. Colombian governments and civil society struggle with this tension; health workers and vulnerable patients carry the burden. More here, open access @jeppjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
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Source:
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year.
apnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Source:
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The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast features intimate conversations with leading scholars, activists, policymakers and thinkers. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Amazon globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com @unaids.org @who.int @busph.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @msf.ca @pih.org
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues ...
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October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast features intimate conversations with leading scholars, activists, policymakers and thinkers. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & Amazon globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com @unaids.org @who.int @busph.bsky.social @buceid.bsky.social @msf.ca @pih.org
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This is infuriating and insane. Fascism truly sucks.
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 13, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is infuriating and insane. Fascism truly sucks.
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I’m old enough to remember Fox and Republicans losing their minds about the threat of Ebola… in fact old enough to have written about their totally unserious response, which prefigures Trump’s COVID response, or MAHA
October 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I’m old enough to remember Fox and Republicans losing their minds about the threat of Ebola… in fact old enough to have written about their totally unserious response, which prefigures Trump’s COVID response, or MAHA
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This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.
BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
October 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is beyond bad. All of our disease defenses are down now. We are sitting ducks. This is #RussellVought #DonaldTrump. They are endangering American lives with their insane crusade. These men are hazardous to your health and dangerous to the republic.
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The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast features intimate conversations with leading scholars, thinkers, activists & policymakers. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon & at globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com
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The Global Health Politics Podcast
Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and activists working on critical issues ...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast features intimate conversations with leading scholars, thinkers, activists & policymakers. Check us out on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon & at globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com
@who.int @unaids.org @undp.org @isanet.bsky.social @cughnews.bsky.social
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Yet another unforced error by this administration
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yet another unforced error by this administration
Heartbreaking to learn this is a thing
‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
‘Bluetoothing’: Blood-Sharing Drug Trend Fuels Alarming Global H.I.V. Surge
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Heartbreaking to learn this is a thing
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Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
All profits will help public TV stations with licensing fees for popular programs that include "The Best of Joy of Painting" and "America's Test Kitchen."
www.pbs.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4nEQMrw
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I missed this earlier this week, but the Directors of NIAID, NICHD, NIMHD, & NINR were all fired. The NIAID Director, Mazzaro, was likely fired in retaliation for speaking out against the anti-vaccine moves made by the administration.
Kennedy Fires N.I.H. Scientist Who Filed Whistle-Blower Complaint
www.nytimes.com
October 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I missed this earlier this week, but the Directors of NIAID, NICHD, NIMHD, & NINR were all fired. The NIAID Director, Mazzaro, was likely fired in retaliation for speaking out against the anti-vaccine moves made by the administration.
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"The US is one of the most dangerous developed countries for giving birth"
In Mississippi nearly 10 babies die for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2.
All of this will get worse with the cuts to Medicaid.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
In Mississippi nearly 10 babies die for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2.
All of this will get worse with the cuts to Medicaid.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
What Mississippi's infant mortality crisis says about the risks of Medicaid cuts
Mississippi recently declared a public health emergency because its infant mortality rate has surged. And with Medicaid cuts coming, experts fear the crisis may worsen in other states.
www.npr.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"The US is one of the most dangerous developed countries for giving birth"
In Mississippi nearly 10 babies die for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2.
All of this will get worse with the cuts to Medicaid.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
In Mississippi nearly 10 babies die for every 1,000 live births. For Black babies, it was even higher at 15.2.
All of this will get worse with the cuts to Medicaid.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
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“[Vaccine hesitancy] is entirely logical in a culture that insists that health is the result of hard work and informed consumer decisions and too often sees illness as a personal failure.”
Great piece by sociologist @jenniferreich.bsky.social.
Great piece by sociologist @jenniferreich.bsky.social.
Opinion | What Really Drives Vaccine Hesitancy
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
“[Vaccine hesitancy] is entirely logical in a culture that insists that health is the result of hard work and informed consumer decisions and too often sees illness as a personal failure.”
Great piece by sociologist @jenniferreich.bsky.social.
Great piece by sociologist @jenniferreich.bsky.social.